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Looking at everyone's anxious eyes, Chelsea, with a complex expression, recounted her experience:
"I had transformed into a member of the Imperial Capital Police Force and received this information from within the Police Force."
According to some officials within the Police Force, during their search last night, they found a battlefield in a public park in the Imperial Capital that clearly showed signs of a fierce battle.
This battlefield was quite large. It could be confirmed that it was the work of experts. There were traces of gun and cannon attacks, long scratches from sharp blades, and indentations from heavy blunt weapons.
There were also large areas of congealed blood. The preliminary judgment was that there were three to four combatants.
Additionally, a completely damaged Imperial Arms was found on the battlefield.
According to internal police force personnel, the user of this Imperial Arms was an expert from their own police force, the disciple of Ogre, the former Police Force Captain whom Night Raid had killed: Seryu.
They found Seryu's damaged Imperial Arms on the battlefield, but Seryu herself was not found. The Police Force's preliminary judgment was that Seryu was defeated and killed, but the whereabouts of the person who defeated Seryu were unknown.
This matter was reported to the Imperial Capital's higher-ups at the time. The higher-ups believed that the incident at the Minister's residence and this battle last night might be related.
Therefore, they ordered the Police Force to intensify their investigation into the person who defeated and killed Seryu and any related circumstances.
In the Police Force, upon hearing these messages, I subconsciously felt something was wrong. I immediately found an opportunity to leave the Police Force, transformed into a wild cat, and ran to that park battlefield to investigate.
Indeed, field investigation was far more important than hearsay. I discovered something very important on the battlefield.
The battle traces from gun and cannon attacks, and the scratches from sharp weaponsāno matter how I looked at them, they looked like effects caused by Mine's and Sheele's Imperial Arms.
Based on my bold conjecture, it should have been Sheele and Mine who defeated and killed Seryu last night!
Of course, I truly couldn't find out the specific situation from last night. How did Sheele and Mine confront Seryu? What was the battle like? Was the destruction of Minister Honest's residence last night related to Sheele and Mine? Where are they both now? I couldn't investigate any of this.
"Today, I only found out these things!!!"
Chelsea's detailed report was finished.
However, the amount of information in this report was simply too vast. The Night Raid members couldn't digest it all at once.
The meeting room was completely silent for about five minutes before Najenda's voice finally sounded:
"I didn't expect... such a thing to have happened last night. If things are really like this... if the Imperial Capital's higher-ups are searching for Sheele and Mine because of this battle last night, then their situation is truly grim..."
Bulat, with his arms crossed, also posed a question to Chelsea:
"Chelsea, did Sheele and Mine's battle happen before or after the attack on the Minister's residence?"
"It could have been before, or it could have been at the same time, but the Police Force confirmed it was not after!"
Bulat received the answer, and nodded thoughtfully.
Lubbock also raised a question:
"Chelsea, you said there was no corpse of Seryu on the battlefield. What's going on with that?"
Chelsea shook her head, also indicating she didn't understand:
"I don't know, but according to the Police Force, Seryu's corpse was indeed not left behind. They didn't even find traces of a corpse that could have been blown to bits and charred. This is also one of the Police Force's biggest doubts!"
Compared to Bulat and Lubbock, Akame's intuition was more to the point. She looked at Chelsea, her face expressionless, and asked:
"Chelsea, you said... that Seryu's Imperial Arms was completely destroyed!?"
At Akame's question, everyone in the room was shocked! Chelsea's face changed drastically!
Everyone had just overlooked this important question, even Chelsea herself had overlooked it.
An Imperial Arms, how could it be destroyed!? And completely destroyed!?
Since the founding of the Empire a thousand years ago, Imperial Arms have always been left behind when their users are killed. There has never been a situation where an Imperial Arms was completely destroyed!
In that instant, it was as if a flash of lightning streaked across their minds!
No! There has indeed been a precedent of an Imperial Arms being completely destroyed!
The Night Raid members gasped in astonishment, all looking at Najenda in unison.
Sure enough, Najenda also thought of this point. Her face also looked quite grim as she raised her head, scanning everyone, her voice hoarse and even a little trembling:
"There has been a precedent of an Imperial Arms being destroyed! It's... Uchiha Madara! Back when he annihilated the Revolutionary Army, he forcefully destroyed a heavy-type Imperial Arms right in front of me!"
All the Night Raid members simultaneously gasped for breath, a chilling sensation spreading with this cold air, chilling them from head to toe.
The Minister's residence destroyed, the Imperial Capital under martial law and search, Sheele and Mine's battle with Seryu, Sheele and Mine's disappearanceāin this series of unfortunate events, Uchiha Madara, that terrifying star, was unexpectedly involved again!
The meeting room once again fell into a deathly silence. All sorts of chaotic thoughts filled the hearts of the Night Raid members. Even with their psychological fortitude as professional assassins, they couldn't help but feel agitated and confused at this moment, their minds unclear.
One association and guess after another emerged in their minds.
Is Uchiha Madara in the Imperial Capital?!
Did he participate in Sheele and Mine's battle last night? Otherwise, Sheele and Mine alone could not have completely destroyed an Imperial Arms!
If it truly was Uchiha Madara, facing such a terrifying star as Uchiha Madara, what about Sheele, Mine, and even Seryu? Did they escape? Were they captured alive? Or were they... killed?!
Was the attack on the Minister's residence Uchiha Madara's masterpiece!?
One couldn't help but admire these professional assassins; with just a few clues left by Uchiha Madara, they actually guessed the situation with remarkable accuracy.
With such conflicting guesses, the Night Raid members' minds became increasingly chaotic. Besides worrying about Sheele and Mine, they didn't know what to do.
Amidst this quiet yet chaotic atmosphere, it was Najenda who first calmed down. She straightened out her thoughts and decisively gave an order...
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